POLITICS

Former President John Mahama says Ghana’s economy and democracy are in dire traits which require broad consultation to address. According to Mr. Mahama, time is running out “and yet we can make things right if we work as one nation with a common destiny”. In a statement to mark this year’s June 4 Uprising, which was led by the late ...

The National Communications Officer of the NDC Sammy Gyamfi has described as ‘mind-boggling’ the Chief Justice’s petition to the General Legal Council against lawmaker Dominic Ayine over his criticism of the proceedure of the bench during the 2020 election petition. Mr Gyamfi in a Facebook post Thursday wrote: “In a democracy, every institution is subject to scrutiny and criticism, and ...

A deputy Finance Minister-designate, Abena Osei Asare, has justified the excessive borrowing of the Akufo-Addo led administration saying Ghana must continue to borrow to undertake projects. Answering questions at her vetting on Thursday, Abena Osei Asare, who has been renominated by Akufo-Addo said several projects being undertaken by the government must be sustained through smart borrowing. “We need to continue ...

A former Energy Minister under the erstwhile NDC administration, Emmanuel Kofi Armah Buah, has slammed the government over the decision by ExxonMobil to abandon its oil block and pack out of the country after undertaking seismic works. Speaking to the media in parliament, Mr Buah who is also the MP for Ellembelle said the government failed to provide favourable conditions ...

Sakora-Wonoo, a farming community near Bonwire in the Kwabre East District in the Ashanti Region, was rendered too small to receive the great number of mourners who thronged the town to mourn the passing of a former General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie. As early as 7 a.m. Thursday, vehicles, many of them cross-country, ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Agona East in the Central Region, Mrs Queenstar Maame Pokuah Sawyerr, has launched a health scheme to bring healthcare delivery to the doorstep of the constituents. The scheme, dubbed “Maame Pokuah Health Scheme” (MPHS), is geared towards improving the health needs of the constituents in particularly hard-to-reach communities and villages ...

The Bank of Ghana is in the advanced stages of introducing a digital currency, the Governor of the central bank, Dr Ernest Addison has disclosed. According to Dr. Addison, the e-cedi will go through three phases before it goes into circulation. He said in the final stage, a pilot would determine whether the digital currency will be feasible before it ...

The Judicial Secretary has filed a petition at the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council against Bolgatanga East MP Dominic Ayine over some comments he allegedly made about the 2020 election petition during an academic discussion. The lawmaker is reported to have said the Supreme Court failed to apply the rules of procedure during the trial. He is also ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has presented letters of credence to 21 appointed envoys, urging them to champion the Government of Ghana’s post-COVID-19 recovery agenda. The 15 Ambassadors and six High Commissioners comprise political appointees and careers diplomats. They are Papa Owusu-Ankomah, High Commissioner to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Hajia Alima Mahama, Ambassador to the ...

President Akufo-Addo has appealed to 21 newly commissioned Ambassadors and High Commissioners to familiarize themselves with his government’s post-COVID-19 recovery agenda and to champion same at their various destinations and duty post. Addressing the newly commissioned Ambassadors and High Commissioners at the Jubilee House after administering the Oath of Allegiance, Official Oath and the Oath of Secrecy to them, President ...